In 2004/05, the number of admissions totaled 40,741, but figures released by the government’s Health & Social Care Information Centre reveal that in 2014/15 the number had risen to 440,288.
Accredited Living Wage employers pay staff the voluntary rate of £8.25, higher than the mandatory National Living Wage of £7.20, which came into force in April.
New statistics from the Health & Social Care Information Centre found that in 2014, 58% of women and 65% of men were overweight or obese, with obesity prevalence increasing from 15% in 1993 to
This year’s campaign focuses on building children’s knowledge about healthy eating and wellbeing, and on making positive changes in behaviour and attitudes towards food, cooking and exercise.
Taylor joins from Sodexo USA, where he held a number of senior leadership roles, including president of the senior living business from 2008 to 2012, and president of the healthcare business in the
The chef is currently leading a campaign from the School Food Matters charity, Schools to Market to educate children better on where food comes from.
Eating Better, an alliance of nearly 50 groups, is calling on the government to ‘step up to the plate’ to help reduce the amount of meat we consume - for the sake of our health and the planet.
The report, entitled ‘Britain’s not-so-hidden hunger’, details evidence showing that more than one in five children at some schools arrive hungry each day and in some parts of the country, ‘a signi
Introduced for the first time this year was the HCA’s brand new 6C’s award category, which was taken on the night by Paul Coulson of Serco at East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust.
At the Hospital Caterers Association (HCA) annual leadership and development forum in Liverpool yesterday, delegates were polled about food waste issues.